The Golden Fleece by Nguyen, Marie-Lan

The Golden Fleece (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781545106563)

Vendor: Marie-Lan Nguyen
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Format: Paperback
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The Golden Fleece by Nguyen, Marie-Lan

The Golden Fleece

$8.25
The Golden Fleece by Nguyen, Marie-Lan

The Golden Fleece

$8.25
Format: Paperback
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Nathaniel Hawthorne undertook the project of re-writing some of the most famous of the ancient Greek myths in a volume for children called The Tanglewood Tales. In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece is the fleece of the gold-hair winged ram, which was held in Colchis. The fleece is a symbol of authority and kingship. It figures in the tale of the hero Jason and his crew of Argonauts, who set out on a quest for the fleece by order of King Pelias, in order to place Jason rightfully on the throne of Iolcus in Thessaly. Through the help of Medea, they acquire the Golden Fleece. The story is of great antiquity and was current in the time of Homer (eighth century BC). It survives in various forms, among which the details vary.

Author: Marie-Lan Nguyen, Nathaniel Hawthorne
ISBN-10: 1545106568
ISBN-13: 9781545106563
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 04/02/2017
Pages: 38
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.14lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.08d
By Marie-Lan Nguyen
By Marie-Lan Nguyen
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Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804, in Salem, Massachusetts, where his birthplace is now a museum. William Hathorne, who emigrated from England in 1630, was the first of Hawthorne's ancestors to arrive in the colonies. After arriving, William persecuted Quakers. William's son John Hathorne was one of the judges who oversaw the Salem Witch Trials. (One theory is that having learned about this, the author added the "w" to his surname in his early twenties, shortly after graduating from college.) Hawthorne's father, Nathaniel Hathorne, Sr., was a sea captain who died in 1808 of yellow fever, when Hawthorne was only four years old, in Raymond, Maine.

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